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A trip to Portland and Seattle to ride streetcars.

Lower station for the OSHU Aerial Tram

Riding the tram.

Looking down at South Waterfront from the OHSU tram station

Aerial tram linking the South Waterfront to Oregon Health Sciences University

Aerial tram linking the South Waterfront to Oregon Health Sciences University

Mike Pfeiffer and Jose Huizar talk while riding the Portland streetcar

Station platforms are 10 inches high

A streetcar pulls into the station

Kent Smith and Curt Gibbs take photos of the arriving streetcar

Portland Streetcar Trip

Developer Homer Williams talks about developing Portland's Pearl District.

Riding the streetcar. Fashion District BID head Kent Smith is in the center.

Councilman Jose Huizar and Downtown delegates listen to Pearl District development stories.

Jim Atkins of South Group talks about Portland's Pearl District

Councilman Jose Huizar and Downtown delegates listen to Pearl District development stories.

The Downtown delegation listens to Jim Atkins and Bruce Allen

Portland Streetcar Trip

A passenger waits at the streetcar stop

The streetcar pulls alng a stretch of sidewalk constructed as a boardwalk

Portland streetcar lane sits between traffic and a parking lane

This bike lane is one block long.

LADOT's Mike Bagheri and Planning's Emily Gabel Luddy measure the width of the streetcar bed.

A park in the Pearl District

Portland sidewalks have bike racks of all varieties, and they have them in abundance

Sign notes the presence of a central pay station instead of individual meters

Emily Gabel Luddy, Martin Buckenmeyer and Jim Atkins talk while waiting for the rest of the group to finish getting coffee

Downtown group waits to enter the streetcar maintenance facility.

Rick Gustafson, Executive Director of Portland Streetcar, talks about the project.

Isek Shomof and Rick Gustafson talk on the mezzanine of the maintenance facility

Looking down on the roof of the streetcar from the mezzanine of the maintenance facility

The group spreads out to take a look at the streetcar's roof

A streetcar sits on raised tracks for inspection and maintenance

Two streetcars in the maintenance facility

The low floor of the streetcar is accomplished by having nothing underneath. Aside from the motors in the trucks, all mechanical systems are up on the roof

Operator's controls for the streetcar

Information display gives all kinds of vehicle data

Councilman Jose Huizar sits in the cab of a Portland streetcar.

Councilman Jose Huizar sits in the cab of a Portland streetcar.

Former Armory converted to a theatre

Former Armory converted to a theatre

The parking lot is slated for redevelopment. On this side of the lot is Seattle's train station.

The view from the train station.

Built for rail, but has been used exclusively for electric buses.

Seattle's overhead wires power electric buses.

The Seattle Streetcar's northern terminus point.

Built for the World's Fair, but still a part of the transit picture.

Approaching the northern terminus.

Approaching the northern terminus.

A small part of the South Lake Union route runs through a park. Here the tracks transition from grass to roadway.

Modern glass and metal structure.

Streetcar transitions from running alongside parking to running curbside.

Traci Chavira, Ken Johnsen, and Mike Pfeiffer look over Vulcan's model of the South Lake Union area

Buttons light up different components of Vulcan's model of the South Lake Union area.

Lori Mason Curran talks about South Lake Union as Curt Gibbs takes a photo of the model.

A light-up streetcar route as viewed from Downtown

Checking Out the Model

One car or 4 scooters

Exterior of the Seattle Streetcar maintenance facility.

Ken Johnsen talks about how the South Lake Union streetcar got built.

Mike Bagheri of LADOT sits in the operator's cab of a Seattle streetcar

Kent Smith of the Fashion District BID sits in the operator's cab of a Seattle streetcar

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